Assignee profile:

CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA

City:

Tokyo

Country:

Japan

Published Applications:

56,762

Last publication date:

2024-09-12

Patent Grants:

52,026

Last grant date:

2024-07-30

Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, more commonly known as Canon, is a multinational corporation headquartered in Tokyo, Japan. Founded in 1937, Canon specializes in the manufacture and sale of imaging and optical products, including cameras, camcorders, photocopiers, printers, and medical imaging equipment.

As a pioneer in imaging technology, Canon maintains a robust and diverse patent portfolio that covers a wide range of technologies and industries. Their patents encompass various aspects of imaging technologies, such as digital cameras, lenses, image processing, inkjet printing, document scanning, and optical components.

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These are the the leading inventors for applications assigned to CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA:

Recent patent applications by CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA

CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA based in Tokyo, JP has been assigned the rights to these inventions. The list includes both Pending Applications and Patent Grants:

#1 | 2024-09-12
US20240301338A1
Chemistry; metallurgy

GEL-ENCAPSULATED CELL PRODUCTION APPARATUS AND CELL CULTURE SYSTEM

#2 | 2024-08-08
US20240266019A1
Physics

CELL THERAPY SUPPORT APPARATUS, CELL THERAPY SUPPORT SYSTEM, AND CELL THERAPY SUPPORT METHOD

#3 | 2024-07-25
US20240245822A1
Human necessities

STERILIZATION MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, STERILIZATION MANAGEMENT METHOD AND INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS

#4 | 2024-07-18
US20240242793A1
Physics

MEDICAL SUPPORT SYSTEM, MEDICAL SUPPORT METHOD, MEDICAL INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM

#5 | 2024-06-20 ✅ Patent 12,052,702 granted on 2024-07-30
US20240205897A1
Electricity

Communication device that performs wireless communication with another communication device, control method thereof, and storage medium

#6 | 2024-06-20
US20240203037A1
Physics

MEDICAL IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, MEDICAL IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM

#7 | 2024-06-13
US20240191174A1
Chemistry; metallurgy

CELL CULTURE APPARATUS AND CELL CULTURE METHOD

#8 | 2024-06-13
US20240191169A1
Chemistry; metallurgy

CELL CULTURE APPARATUS AND CELL CULTURE METHOD

#9 | 2024-05-30 ✅ Patent 12,063,336 granted on 2024-08-13
US20240179264A1
Electricity

Image forming apparatus, method, and computer product for test printing a special color area

#10 | 2024-05-16 ✅ Patent 12,039,208 granted on 2024-07-16
US20240160390A1
Physics

Printing system allowing administrator to conveniently limit function of print device when used by general user, information processing apparatus, control method, and storage medium

#11 | 2024-05-02 ✅ Patent 12,026,566 granted on 2024-07-02
US20240143965A1
Physics

Image forming apparatus capable of printing image appropriate to sheet to be fed, method of controlling image forming apparatus, and storage medium

#12 | 2024-05-02 ✅ Patent 12,056,410 granted on 2024-08-06
US20240143255A1
Physics

System and system control method

#13 | 2024-04-25 ✅ Patent 12,058,294 granted on 2024-08-06
US20240137451A1
Electricity

Image forming apparatus that forms image for half-cutting, control method therefor, and storage medium

#14 | 2024-04-25 ✅ Patent 12,047,539 granted on 2024-07-23
US20240137449A1
Electricity

Method and system for cable management within hinge mechanisms of rotating units in an image reading apparatus and printing apparatus

#15 | 2024-04-25 ✅ Patent 12,073,127 granted on 2024-08-27
US20240134578A1
Physics

System and method of controlling system

#16 | 2024-04-25 ✅ Patent 12,086,478 granted on 2024-09-10
US20240134577A1
Physics

Information processing apparatus controlling a printer capable of two-sided printing, control method therefor, and storage medium storing control program therefor

#17 | 2024-04-18 ✅ Patent 12,015,742 granted on 2024-06-18
US20240129412A1
Electricity

Image forming apparatus, information processing apparatus, and method of giving notification of causal part

#18 | 2024-04-11 ✅ Patent 12,039,214 granted on 2024-07-16
US20240118849A1
Physics

Image forming apparatus, communication control method, and storage medium

#19 | 2024-04-04 ✅ Patent 12,081,706 granted on 2024-09-03
US20240114097A1
Electricity

Image processing apparatus, method for controlling the same, and storage medium

#20 | 2024-04-04 ✅ Patent 12,086,480 granted on 2024-09-10
US20240111463A1
Physics

Information processing apparatus and method, and storage medium storing program

#21 | 2024-03-28 ✅ Patent 12,052,394 granted on 2024-07-30
US20240106935A1
Electricity

Inspection system, inspection apparatus and method of controlling the same, and storage medium

#22 | 2024-03-21 ✅ Patent 12,028,495 granted on 2024-07-02
US20240098196A1
Electricity

Image reading apparatus and image forming apparatus

#23 | 2024-03-21 ✅ Patent 12,005,708 granted on 2024-06-11
US20240092080A1
Performing operations; transporting

Liquid ejection head and process for producing liquid ejection head

#24 | 2024-03-14 ✅ Patent 12,001,734 granted on 2024-06-04
US20240086122A1
Physics

Information processing apparatus, method for controlling information processing apparatus, and nonvolatile storage medium

#25 | 2024-03-14 ✅ Patent 12,079,524 granted on 2024-09-03
US20240086119A1
Physics

Method of controlling information processing apparatus, editing intermediate data, and converting edited intermediate data into printing data

#26 | 2024-03-07 ✅ Patent 12,034,895 granted on 2024-07-09
US20240080397A1
Electricity

Image forming apparatus having a wireless communication module

#27 | 2024-03-07 ✅ Patent 12,069,213 granted on 2024-08-20
US20240080396A1
Electricity

Information processing apparatus capable of preventing lowering of operability when printing is performed, method of controlling information processing apparatus, and storage medium

#28 | 2024-03-07 ✅ Patent 12,026,565 granted on 2024-07-02
US20240078399A1
Physics

Image processing apparatus that prints information indicated by link destination information, method of controlling same, and storage medium

#29 | 2024-03-07 ✅ Patent 12,086,494 granted on 2024-09-10
US20240078067A1
Physics

Communication apparatus, control method for controlling the same, and storage medium

#30 | 2024-02-29 ✅ Patent 12,088,831 granted on 2024-09-10
US20240073432A1
Electricity

Method, apparatus and system for encoding and decoding a block of video samples

#31 | 2024-02-29 ✅ Patent 12,081,773 granted on 2024-09-03
US20240073431A1
Electricity

Method, apparatus and system for encoding and decoding a block of video samples

#32 | 2024-02-29 ✅ Patent 12,052,398 granted on 2024-07-30
US20240073340A1
Electricity

Precision of flatbed or ADF document reading by detecting different reference positions driving image sensor in different directions to read reference plate

#33 | 2024-02-29 ✅ Patent 12,075,010 granted on 2024-08-27
US20240073334A1
Electricity

Printing apparatus, storage medium storing program, and data generation method, that provide data associating consumption information and accepted user scene

#34 | 2024-02-29 ✅ Patent 12,028,489 granted on 2024-07-02
US20240073326A1
Electricity

Scanning apparatus and image processing technique to easily identify a post to which image data is posted as a reply to a chat service

#35 | 2024-02-29 ✅ Patent 12,067,317 granted on 2024-08-20
US20240069832A1
Physics

Information processing apparatus having chat function, information processing system, control methods therefor, and storage media storing control programs therefor

#36 | 2024-02-29 ✅ Patent 12,039,207 granted on 2024-07-16
US20240069819A1
Physics

Information processing apparatus, method of controlling information processing apparatus, and storage medium for processing flow of manual double-sided printing function

#37 | 2024-02-29
US20240067919A1
Chemistry; metallurgy

DENSITY ADJUSTING APPARATUS AND DENSITY-ADJUSTED LIQUID PRODUCING METHOD

#38 | 2024-02-22 ✅ Patent 12,063,334 granted on 2024-08-13
US20240064252A1
Electricity

Image reading apparatus and image forming system

#39 | 2024-02-22
US20240062889A1
Physics

MEDICAL INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, MEDICAL INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT

#40 | 2024-02-22
US20240062374A1
Physics

MEDICAL INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, MEDICAL INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM

#41 | 2024-02-22
US20240062354A1
Physics

IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD

#42 | 2024-02-22 ✅ Patent 11,977,801 granted on 2024-05-07
US20240061631A1
Physics

Image processing apparatus, control method, and storage medium

#43 | 2024-02-22 ✅ Patent 12,072,638 granted on 2024-08-27
US20240061350A1
Physics

Exposure apparatus, exposure method, and method of manufacturing article

#44 | 2024-02-22
US20240060032A1
Chemistry; metallurgy

BIOSAMPLE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND BIOSAMPLE PROCESSING METHOD

#45 | 2024-02-22
US20240060029A1
Chemistry; metallurgy

CELL CULTURE APPARATUS AND CELL CULTURE METHOD

#46 | 2024-02-22
US20240060023A1
Chemistry; metallurgy

CULTURE VESSEL, CULTURING SYSTEM, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING CULTURE

#47 | 2024-02-15 ✅ Patent 12,032,754 granted on 2024-07-09
US20240053832A1
Physics

Information processing apparatus, information processing method, and non-transitory computer readable medium

#48 | 2024-02-15
US20240052292A1
Chemistry; metallurgy

CELL MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND CELL MANAGEMENT METHOD

#49 | 2024-02-08 ✅ Patent 12,082,474 granted on 2024-09-03
US20240049553A1
Electricity

Display device and electronic device

#50 | 2024-02-08 ✅ Patent 12,034,893 granted on 2024-07-09
US20240048660A1
Electricity

Image forming apparatus and information processing apparatus, capable of performing memory reception of facsimile data, methods of controlling image forming apparatus and information processing apparatus, and storage medium

#51 | 2024-02-08 ✅ Patent 11,995,363 granted on 2024-05-28
US20240045629A1
Physics

Image forming apparatus for performing wireless communication via an external access point

#52 | 2024-02-08 ✅ Patent 12,078,953 granted on 2024-09-03
US20240045368A1
Physics

Image forming apparatus and fixing unit

#53 | 2024-02-08 ✅ Patent 12,078,942 granted on 2024-09-03
US20240045356A1
Physics

Image forming apparatus

#54 | 2024-02-01 ✅ Patent 12,081,717 granted on 2024-09-03
US20240040059A1
Electricity

Image processing apparatus that stores a ticket, method of controlling image processing apparatus, and storage medium

#55 | 2024-02-01 ✅ Patent 12,022,047 granted on 2024-06-25
US20240040058A1
Electricity

Communication apparatus, control method, and non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing program

#56 | 2024-02-01
US20240040050A1
Electricity

INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME, AND STORAGE MEDIUM FOR SETTING A NAMING RULE FOR A FILE NAME

#57 | 2024-02-01 ✅ Patent 11,922,079 granted on 2024-03-05
US20240036781A1
Physics

Information processing apparatus, image forming system, method, and non- transitory computer-readable storage medium

#58 | 2024-01-25 ✅ Patent 11,954,542 granted on 2024-04-09
US20240031510A1
Physics

Information processing apparatus, method, and storage medium for storing program

#59 | 2024-01-25 ✅ Patent 11,899,997 granted on 2024-02-13
US20240028277A1
Physics

Image arrangement apparatus and image forming apparatus, image arrangement method, and computer readable storage medium

#60 | 2024-01-25 ✅ Patent 12,073,131 granted on 2024-08-27
US20240028275A1
Physics

Image forming apparatus, control method for controlling image forming apparatus, and storage medium, with improved techniques for printing stored image data when other image data is received

#61 | 2024-01-25 ✅ Patent 12,026,408 granted on 2024-07-02
US20240028272A1
Physics

Image forming apparatus with sheet unit, control method therefor, and storage medium storing control program therefor

#62 | 2024-01-25 ✅ Patent 12,072,659 granted on 2024-08-27
US20240027948A1
Physics

Image forming system

#63 | 2024-01-25
US20240027353A1
Physics

OPTICAL MEASUREMENT METHOD, OPTICAL MEASUREMENT SYSTEM, AND TEST KIT

#64 | 2024-01-25
US20240024877A1
Performing operations; transporting

MICROFLUIDIC DEVICE AND CLASSIFICATION METHOD

#65 | 2024-01-11 ✅ Patent 12,088,768 granted on 2024-09-10
US20240015255A1
Electricity

Image forming system

#66 | 2024-01-11 ✅ Patent 12,058,290 granted on 2024-08-06
US20240015251A1
Electricity

Inspection apparatus, method for controlling the same, and storage medium

#67 | 2024-01-11 ✅ Patent 12,045,525 granted on 2024-07-23
US20240012593A1
Physics

Information processing apparatus, information processing method, storage medium, and image forming apparatus

#68 | 2024-01-11 ✅ Patent 12,073,133 granted on 2024-08-27
US20240012590A1
Physics

System and method for providing printing service and configured to change printer connection destination

#69 | 2024-01-11 ✅ Patent 12,073,130 granted on 2024-08-27
US20240012589A1
Physics

Control apparatus having multiple print speeds, control method, and non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing program

#70 | 2024-01-04 ✅ Patent 12,086,977 granted on 2024-09-10
US20240005478A1
Physics

Image processing apparatus, image processing method, and non-transitory computer-readable storage medium

#71 | 2024-01-04 ✅ Patent 11,954,382 granted on 2024-04-09
US20240004596A1
Physics

Inspection apparatus and control method of inspection apparatus

#72 | 2024-01-04 ✅ Patent 12,072,663 granted on 2024-08-27
US20240004339A1
Physics

Image forming apparatus including a detachable unit with positioning portions

#73 | 2024-01-04 ✅ Patent 12,061,430 granted on 2024-08-13
US20240004330A1
Physics

Fixing belt and heat fixing device

#74 | 2023-12-28 ✅ Patent 12,028,631 granted on 2024-07-02
US20230421919A1
Electricity

Photoelectric conversion apparatus

#75 | 2023-12-28 ✅ Patent 11,979,532 granted on 2024-05-07
US20230421713A1
Electricity

Reading apparatus and control method

#76 | 2023-12-28 ✅ Patent 12,008,283 granted on 2024-06-11
US20230418534A1
Physics

Printing control apparatus that communicates with cloud print service, control method, and storage medium

#77 | 2023-12-28 ✅ Patent 12,045,523 granted on 2024-07-23
US20230418529A1
Physics

Information processing apparatus, information processing method, and storage medium

#78 | 2023-12-28 ✅ Patent 12,072,667 granted on 2024-08-27
US20230418213A1
Physics

Cartridge and image forming apparatus

#79 | 2023-12-28 ✅ Patent 12,045,004 granted on 2024-07-23
US20230418212A1
Physics

Cartridge including photosensitive drum and developing roller that can be easily separated

#80 | 2023-12-28 ✅ Patent 12,085,888 granted on 2024-09-10
US20230418211A1
Physics

Image forming apparatus including communication portion which is disposed inside outer cover

#81 | 2023-12-28 ✅ Patent 12,050,419 granted on 2024-07-30
US20230418192A1
Physics

Image forming apparatus

#82 | 2023-12-28 ✅ Patent 12,078,943 granted on 2024-09-03
US20230418187A1
Physics

Image forming apparatus

#83 | 2023-12-21 ✅ Patent 12,034,896 granted on 2024-07-09
US20230412746A1
Electricity

Printing system, printing system control method, and storage medium

#84 | 2023-12-21 ✅ Patent 12,001,743 granted on 2024-06-04
US20230409261A1
Physics

Image processing apparatus, control method, and storage medium for setting a storage period for a print job

#85 | 2023-12-21 ✅ Patent 11,966,644 granted on 2024-04-23
US20230409259A1
Physics

Printing apparatus that stores user identification information, printing system, printing control method, and medium

#86 | 2023-12-21 ✅ Patent 11,954,381 granted on 2024-04-09
US20230409256A1
Physics

System includes server, printing apparatus, information processing apparatus to provide a technique for specifying a physical printer associated with a logical printer, and non-transitory storage medium

#87 | 2023-12-21 ✅ Patent 11,972,157 granted on 2024-04-30
US20230409255A1
Physics

Printing system including a printing service system and printing control method

#88 | 2023-12-21 ✅ Patent 12,067,306 granted on 2024-08-20
US20230409253A1
Physics

Printing apparatus that stores a downloaded portion of print data, control method thereof, and storage medium

#89 | 2023-12-21 ✅ Patent 12,039,206 granted on 2024-07-16
US20230409248A1
Physics

Image processing apparatus, image processing method, and storage medium

#90 | 2023-12-21 ✅ Patent 11,893,167 granted on 2024-02-06
US20230409126A1
Physics

Information processing device, information processing method, non-transitory computer readable medium

#91 | 2023-12-21 ✅ Patent 12,066,774 granted on 2024-08-20
US20230408955A1
Physics

Fixing apparatus

#92 | 2023-12-14 ✅ Patent 12,081,712 granted on 2024-09-03
US20230403361A1
Electricity

Information processing apparatus, method for controlling information processing apparatus, and medium for reducing the noise of a printing apparatus

#93 | 2023-12-14 ✅ Patent 12,052,151 granted on 2024-07-30
US20230403213A1
Electricity

Network device and method for controlling the same

#94 | 2023-12-14 ✅ Patent 11,836,406 granted on 2023-12-05
US20230401021A1
Physics

Information processing apparatus, printing apparatus, printing system, medium, and printing control method

#95 | 2023-12-14 ✅ Patent 11,928,369 granted on 2024-03-12
US20230401013A1
Physics

Information processing apparatus, control method, and program product that batch sets a group of set values corresponding to a selected use environment

#96 | 2023-12-14 ✅ Patent 12,008,209 granted on 2024-06-11
US20230400959A1
Physics

Virtual space management system and method for the same

#97 | 2023-12-14 ✅ Patent 12,072,664 granted on 2024-08-27
US20230400809A1
Physics

Cartridge and image forming apparatus

#98 | 2023-12-14 ✅ Patent 12,072,661 granted on 2024-08-27
US20230400807A1
Physics

Image forming apparatus

#99 | 2023-12-14 ✅ Patent 12,044,991 granted on 2024-07-23
US20230400800A1
Physics

Fixing device

#100 | 2023-12-07 ✅ Patent 12,047,679 granted on 2024-07-23
US20230396880A1
Electricity

Focus control device capable of preventing object from being excluded from focusing target, focus controlling method, and storage medium